Clinical Pharmacist – Oncology & Haematology: Sponsorship Available

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

**Fixed-term opportunity for a senior Pharmacist with an interest/background in Oncology & Aseptic Services.**

Following the ‘Cancer and Aseptics’ element of the Job Description, you will join a committed, professional team in the delivery of excellent clinical pharmacy service. You will experience Oncology, Haematology, Clinical Trials and PN and work with high cost drugs and quality risk management systems.

The Cancer and Aseptics team support two busy treatment suites and external hospitals through our licensed aseptic unit. As a specialist pharmacist you will be directly involved in the clinical verification of chemotherapy prescriptions, the final check and release of products made under license and section 10 exemption. You will be involved in service development tasks such as training and change implementation in our expanding service. You will help provide a clinical ward service on a rota basis.

As an organisation, we recognise that our staff are our most valuable resource and we acknowledge the importance and benefits of a healthy workplace and workforce. With a dedicated Health and Wellbeing Team, we are able to offer a range of wellbeing support initiatives including a dedicated health and wellbeing information pack, which signposts staff to a vast amount of resources across the region.

Applicants must be a registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high level of specialist pharmacy services to one or more of the specialist service areas listed below, working closely with other pharmacists, medical/ nursing staff and senior technicians /ward technicians.

Our aim is that some of these posts will be rotational (year-long rotations) and include the below specialities:

  • Acute Medical Admission
  • Cancer & Aseptics Team
  • Family Health
  • Frailty Assessment unit/Frailty
  • Medicine (Respiratory, Diabetes, Stroke, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Dermatology and Rheumatology)
  • Surgery (Elective Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Short Stay Surgery and Day Surgery and ITU), Palliative care

All rotation are ward based, clinic based or based in the cancer team as the dispensary only requires minimum pharmacist input.

Posts that are non-rotational will be speciality based as per the advertised role therefore general aspects and appropriate specialty aspects will apply

To provide a high level of clinical pharmacy care to patients on allocated wards, to support the medical, nursing and other healthcare staff providing clinical care in the specialty areas, and to assist in the clinical and cost-effective use of drugs.

To assist the lead or Principal pharmacist in the management and delivery of their specialist pharmacy service and/or to manage the delivery of an element of service in a specialist area of practice.

To contribute to the strategic development and business plan of pharmacy services for the specialist area.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Master’s Degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent)
  • Professional registration as a Pharmacist in the UK, through practitioner Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy diploma OR postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Certificate completed and working towards postgraduate Clinical Diploma (to be completed within 12 months of appointment) OR at least 12 months of appointment) OR at least 2 years post qualification experience with at least 6 months of those within specialist area
  • (if this is an agreed part of the role) Pharmacist independent Prescribing national accreditation and registration

Experience

Essential

  • Sufficient hospital pharmacy experience (as a registered pharmacist) to have acquired the competencies needed for the job
  • Recent clinical practitioner ward experience in a general hospital setting
  • Specialist services relevant to the post (e.g. aseptics)

Desirable

  • Undertaken audit work.
  • Lectures, talks, training given (Medical/Nursing/Pharmacy staff and patients)
  • Experience of managing a clinical pharmacy service to a specialty on a day to day basis (e.g. whilst covering a senior colleague)

Skills

Essential

  • Good understanding of recent NHS and pharmacy and medicines management reports and how they relate to pharmacy practice
  • Ability to demonstrate a high level of specialist knowledge in the relevant area for the post
  • Ability to advise and influence all grades of medical and nursing staff on therapeutic aspects of patient care
  • An understanding of the relevance of clinical governance and risk management
  • Able to understand clinical research data
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Able to clearly communicate complex clinical information to all grades of medical, nursing and pharmacy staff.
  • Able to sensitively question patients on their drug treatment and to communicate clearly with them
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Good presentation skills
  • Able to create a rapport with people
  • Ability to prioritise own work and assist others to do so
  • Able to use initiative and work without supervision
  • Ability to manage pharmacy staff allocated to the specialty
  • Able to give credible representation of the Pharmacy at a senior medical and management levels
  • Ability to work in teams – pharmacy teams and multidisciplinary teams.
  • Sound judgement on clinical, pharmaceutical and ethical issues
  • Able to advise other pharmacists of all grades in the post holder’s expert area of knowledge
  • Assertiveness skills- able to respond to challenge at senior medical or nursing levels
  • Able to deal with concerned/anxious patients or relatives particularly in relation to their drug treatment
  • Able to meet deadlines
  • High standards of work presentation

Personal Qualitites

Essential

  • Professional appearance
  • A positive “can do”, enthusiastic approach to work
  • Self-motivating and able to motivate a pharmacy team
  • Wants to “make a difference”. Can enthuse about the potential of the post

Other

Essential

  • Prepared to contribute to routine, clinical pharmacy and dispensary duties
  • Accurate clinical, dispensing and checking abilities
  • Able to undertake weekend, Bank Holiday and Statutory Day working and Emergency Duty Commitment on a rota
  • Ability to use VDUs
  • Able to demonstrate a satisfactory level of continuing professional development
  • Satisfactory computer keyboard skills
  • Use of motorised transport and insured for business use (or willingness to stay on site at own expense whilst on call).
  • Competent in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook
  • Competent in Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 8 November 2026

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